Eligibility

Who is eligible for Mission Cataract USA?

To qualify for this free community service, applicants must have: poor vision, due to cataracts uncorrectable with glasses, which interferes with activities of daily living, no Medicare, Medicaid, or third party insurance coverage, and no other means to pay for cataract surgery.

For information about participating doctors, please visit the Doctors and Clinics heading at the top of our webpage.

Mission Cataract USA News

January 21, 2015

Helping others see

In 1991, Frederick Richburg, medical director of Valley Eye Institute, decided to provide a day of free cataract surgery for people of all ages who couldn't afford it. Twenty-one surgeries were performed that May 18 as part of Mission Cataract.